Edible mussel with barnacles attached.
Beadlet anemone feeding in the current.
Broad-clawed porcelain crab.
Spiny chiton
A shanny (blenny)
A rock goby
Photo: Claire Lewis. Crystal Jellyfish on Looe Island
Crystal Jellyfish, Photo by Claire Lewis. Looe Island.
Star ascidian and light bulb sea squirts.
The crab keeps her eggs tucked under her tail until they hatch.
Snakelocks anemone
Stalked jellyfish.
Asterina phylactica cushion star
Edible crab
Dolphins, Looe
Sand eels.
Spiny starfish
Strawberry anemone.
Montagu’s blenny.
Many fish are left high and dry.
A fish stranded in a rock pool
Common starfish
Stalked jellyfish: Lucernariopsis campanulata at Readymoney Cove
Mermaid’s purses.
Green shore crab
Spider crab – Inachus phalangium. Mawgan Porth
Diogenes pugilator hermit crab moult
Baby shore crabs come in many colours and patterns.
The moult (discarded shell) of a hairy crab. The live crab has grown and stepped out of this shell.
Green Shore Crab. Photo by Michaela Channings.
Common limpet and toothed top shell.
Purple, grey and toothed top shells
Cornish clingfish
Celtic sea slug
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